Shloka 28
Adhyaya 83 — The Slaying of Mahishasura’s Armies and the Final Death of Mahishasura
इति क्रोधसमाध्मातमापतान्तं महासुरम् ।
दृष्ट्वा सा चण्डिका कोपं तद्वधाय तदाकरोत् ॥
iti krodhasamādhmātamāpatāntaṃ mahāsuram /
dṛṣṭvā sā caṇḍikā kopaṃ tadvadhāya tadākarot
সেই মহাসুরকে ক্রোধে স্ফীত হয়ে বেগে ধেয়ে আসতে দেখে, চণ্ডিকা তখন তাকে বধ করার জন্য রোষ ধারণ করলেন।
FAQs
The text distinguishes asuric anger (self-driven destruction) from divine ‘kopa’ as a controlled, purpose-bound force used for loka-rakṣā (protection of the worlds).
Carita: exemplary divine intervention narrative rather than cosmogenesis or genealogy.
Caṇḍikā’s ‘wrath’ symbolizes transformed energy—raw affect is sublimated into śakti that cuts through obstruction (avidyā/tamas) rather than multiplying it.